Eric wrote:The lack of respect and being overshadowed by ballad hits and Perry is partly to blame why he is the way he is...
Not too many months back I said here on MR that I feel that Neal is insecure in many ways when it comes to how much respect he receives for his guitar playing and musical talent in general. But that I can totally understand why he'd feel that way.
Neal is in my opinion the greatest Rock guitarist in history. And anyone who would try to claim that he's not at minimum one of the top 10 greatest ever is total moron who doesn't know jack shit about guitar playing.
Yet, Neal doesn't even make the top 250 list by shit publications like Rolling Stone magazine.
That's gotta be frustrating as hell to know that you are one of the top 10 greatest Rock guitarists of all time, and arguably the #1 greatest ever, and yet you get ignored on so many lists of the greatest ever. And then if you're someone who's at Neal's level, and you see players who are nothing special at all getting listed way better on lists than yourself, that really sucks!
So yeah, I would agree.That plays a big role in why Neal acts the way that he does.